EN: Good morning everyone!! Autmn has finally arrived and I have gone through my wardrobe to see what needs to be mended, replaced and sewn by me! What I’ve really wanted to sew for years was a jeans dress in an indigo blue with long sleeves and bronze colored snaps. This year I finally pulled the trigger and used the Vogue 9077 pattern I already had in my stash.

EN: What I really liked about the patterm were the many little details: the collar consists of two pieces, the placket doesn’t go to the hem of the dress, the two different skirt optiones and of course the fact that there are pocket! I used a chambray from Barry’s I got in August while I was at the Sewing Weekender, which was super drapey ( I thinks it’s a viscose mix). What I didn’t like about the pattern, was that the finished measurements are not printed on the envelope.

EN: I sewed a size 12 and used a 1 cm seam allowance. I cut 1,5 cm off both sides of the sleeved and then sewed the sleeve with a 2 cm seam allowance. I also trimmed 1,5cm off the sleeve placket so that the sleeve would fit into it, seriously, that sleeves were enormous!!!! I added a 15cm hem to the skirt, because it was an awkward length on me, I’m not sure if it’s too long now…. 🙈

EN: I will warn you, there is quite a hit of handsewing that you’ll need to tackle with this pattern…. the collar, the buttonband thr sleeve placket and the hem. Also, I’m still not quite happy with how the button band is attached to the dress…

EN: I’m still on the fence with this dress, while I do think it will definitely will make an appearance in my autumn wardrobe, I’m not sure it really suits me and I’m not happy with the button placket… I’m hoping it will grow on me though, because I’ve wanted this sort of dress, for so long!😭😭😭😭😭

Your dress is lovely and I was so happy to see a review of that pattern! I’ve had it in my stash for some time and also had in mind to make it from denim. I love the brass snaps and it looks like it fits you well. Too bad you aren’t wild about the plackets. From here, they look great. Not sure I’m going to make this though. I’m not a fan of hand sewing…enjoy your cute dress!

Plackets can be tricky–especially the first few times you do them! If the collar isn’t crooked, you might be able to remove the topmost snap(s) and reset it a bit tighter. If the collar is crooked you might make it more obvious by doing that, so don’t. How does it look with the topmost buttons undone? If it still looks good, that might be the easiest fix. Don’t give up on it, this style suits you perfectly! 🙂